Just how do you go about facing an empty page, coaxing your ideas into the world of form, and steering the end result toward shore? You can start by studying the tips and advice for writers, from writers presented in this ebook.

Some writers recommend that you write very small, in order to avoid the moment in which you have to turn the page and face the next empty one. Other writers write as big as they can, and double space, so that they can feel the sense of triumph and accomplishment that comes with having gotten another page written.

In addition, when pushed, writers will state their rules for writing. They'll then proceed to break those rules by the third page of their novel. The tips offered below for writers, from writers, are to be taken with a grain of salt. Take those that you like, and throw the rest out the window.

"What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks 'the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat.' And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll come.'" --Maya Angelou

Here's Some of What's Inside

The formula used by Stephen King to get the pacing just right. Plus, how King comes up with interesting situations for his novels.

What every would-be pianist knows which is guaranteed to improve your writing.

The advice that John Grisham gives to aspiring writers; it's how he became a best selling author.

George Orwell's six rules for effective writing.

The core admonition contained in the style sheet given to Ernest Hemingway when he worked for "The Star".

How to apply Hemingway's "iceberg theory" to character development.

Kurt Vonnegut's advice on how to prevent your story from getting pneumonia.

Seven writing gems from Annie Dillard

Maya Angelou's writing ritual.

Elmore Leonard's advice on what to leave out.

P.D. James shares the ingredients and rules of a good detective story.

A formula for developing plot which can be applied to any genre you're writing in.

The nightly ritual recommended by Ray Bradbury which will improve your writing dramatically.

Why Janet Fitch recommends that in order to write well, you need to become a masochist.

Dorothea Brande explains how--if you want to be a writer--you have to become two people in one.

Margaret Atwood explains what a writer and a potter have in common.

Ken Follett shares his outlining process.

Ten well-known authors share their methods for getting ideas on what to write about.

Eighteen ways to break writer's block

"350 Tips for Writers, From Writers" is an 87 Page PDF. It's a digital download, so you'll receive it as soon as you purchase it.

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Sample Tips

"The best advice I was ever given about writing is, simply, WRITE! Anywhere, anyplace, anyhow. A room of one's own is all very well but in this day and age writing has to be a movable feast. In the kitchen, in the bedroom, in the living room, in the car, in the park, in the crowded cafe - wherever and whenever you can throw your laptop down and shut out the world for half an hour."

- Evelyn Cosgrave

"Writing is like training to be an athlete. There is a lot of training and work that nobody sees in order to compete. The writer needs to write every day, just as the athlete needs to train. Much of the writing will never be used, but it is essential to do it."

- Isabel Allende

"The writer is only free when he can tell the reader to go jump in the lake. You want, of course, to get what you have to show across to him, but whether he likes it or not is no concern of the writer."

"A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: What am I trying to say? What words will express it? What image or idiom will make it clearer? Is this image fresh enough to have an effect? And he will probably ask himself two more: Could I put it more shortly? Have I said anything that is avoidably ugly?"